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Traditional reporters were aghast at Fowler's methods--the Obama meeting was closed to press (she got in as a donor), and Fowler did not identify herself when speaking to Clinton. But mainstream media had no problem treating the scoops as big news; if she had overheard both quotes in the same way but told them to a newspaper instead of publishing them, that would have been considered a coup...
...generalizations about young people in the media. My friends and I don't spend our evenings causing havoc or drinking ourselves into oblivion. But the media's focus on youths who do makes some adults think we are all alike. On a bus not long ago I overheard other passengers saying young people are "no good." How can we have faith in ourselves if others don't? Rachel Scholes, Manchester, England...
...Married Life's twist on the genre is that there is no twist. You keep waiting for the irony to kick in, but the characters just plod through the purgatory they've created for themselves. More a case history than a devious puzzle, the movie is like a story overheard from the next restaurant booth: for all your curiosity as to how it turns out, you're not likely to have much personal investment in the people. Actually, Married Life doesn't suck. Its actors lend conviction to their roles, and the film looks classy, like a visit...
...certain recent lunch featured a depressing amount of starch. Two kinds of fries. Two kinds of pasta. A chicken and cheese sandwich. Brown rice and more pasta at the pasta bar. The change hasn’t gone unnoticed. The mumbling I’ve overheard lately goes above and beyond the usual mid-winter Massachusetts where’s-my-fresh-fruit blues. House open lists are flooded with anti-Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) rants: “It is THEIR [HUDS’] responsibility to get the funding they need to produce adequate meals...
...seat in the Eliot Library was filled. Although there were certainly senior thesis writers who worship dear Will, many audience members were just looking for a classier Thursday night than Stein Club (which was appropriately dubbed last Thursday “ValenStein”). One audience member was even overheard saying, “We’re so cultured. Oh my god, we’re showing up at this thing.” But it wasn’t just the promise of prestige and tasty baked goods that kept the audience in their seats. Many viewers...